I'm visiting my parents right now in Missouri and after killing a few spiders in the basement I look at some glue traps my dad set. Each has half a dozen brown recluses of various age! I know all the look alike spiders, these are certainly brown recluse. I got a maglite and went hunting at 10pm and killed a couple dozen more throughout the house. I'm sitting in bed now with the bed skirt tucked up, sheets inspected five times. I killed one in this room...

My dad is bed ridden, fumigation is not an option. My thought is nuke from orbit, but not having that ability, my second thought is LOTS of glue traps along all crevices on all floors.

Thoughts? Pray for me and my family and their freeloading eight-legged freaks.

No way I'm gonna open this thread right before going to bed!

That sounds like an emergency as far as I’m a aware.

That’s one of the deadliest spiders in the USA, if not THE most. Nothing to toy with.

Find a way to get everyone to a hotel.

Tempo insecticide should kill them & is safe to use inside. I use it in the basement, doorways & strategic locations in the house like under beds
It's a contact kill & has a long residual.

as long as you don't spray in heavy human contact areas, you'll be fine..

^^ either do it yourself or have the house sprayed by a professional bug guy.
Those things are everywhere!

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Originally posted by snidera:
Tempo insecticide should kill them & is safe to use inside. I use it in the basement, doorways & strategic locations in the house like under beds
It's a contact kill & has a long residual.

as long as you don't spray in heavy human contact areas, you'll be fine..

Same with Cyper. We had a scorpion problem at out last place and Cyper helped clear it up.

Call in the Colonial Marines !!

Or a professional bug killer.

A friend of mine was bitten by a brown recluse. HIs story just confirmed that these spiders are not to be messed with. My advice is get everyone to a hotel and fumigate. You can put out dozens of traps, but it only takes one recluse.

All those spiders need something to eat. You have more than a spider problem. I get that they're coming in from the cold but to have as many as you say, you also have a bug problem.

The spider problem seems like a symptom to me.

I'd fumigate the house and start sealing up the house where the bugs and spiders are coming in.

Unfortunately, my dad probably has less than weeks to live. Evidently, from my Google fu research, insecticide has little impact on them unless contact is made. Fumigation works, but I'm not going to be able to get that to happen in his condition. I'm thinking if an exterminator sprays, what doesn't kill them will make them more active. I read one internet story where a family caught 2,000 over them and was living with them fine. Has anybody here had good success with an exterminator with these?

I have had good luck with exterminators and BRs. They are pretty common in Florida, as are Black Widows, and a bug guy every three months keeps them suppressed.

Brown recluse spiders are much more common than what most people think. The reason you don't always see them is mentioned right there in their name.

We have had really good luck using a professional exterminator, but I suspect that a regular guy could do everything I pay him to do. He uses a contact spray and powder. Spray around the baseboards and outside foundation, and powder inside the misc. nooks and crannies. He uses sticky traps to monitor activity. With two young kids, this method has not been a problem and should not interfere with your father's health at all.

Apparently they breed like crazy, so as mentioned above a multi-prong approach is best. Eliminate their food source (and then they'll start to eat each other), prevent new spiders from moving in, and eliminate those that remain inside. Eventually their population will dwindle.

I also treat my yard in about a 30 foot band around the house. I use a spreadable granular material that kills everything creepy and crawly.

Bifen, you can spray it inside and it will kill em. Try a local tractor supply.

And, sorry about your dad, make sure you tell him you love him.

Every time I talk to him I end it with I love you, never know which words will be your last. I texted a pic to an exterminator and he confirmed my question with "yes, a big one." Hopefully they will go along with him coming in and I'll instruct them about their behavior. Then I'll burn my car, my clothes, and vathe in bleach when I get home.

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Unfortunately, my dad probably has less than weeks to live.

Sorry, man.

You need this guy pronto...